Yes, the Able Danger thing definitely showed that the system put CYA for the SecDef over and above either the rule of law or the security of America and its citizens. Absoltuely sickening. And the feds are still doing the CYA on that even now.
But though that would explain why nobody in DC called Cheney on it, it doesn’t explain why Cheney himself didn’t ask the question. He knew he was required to and it was a big deal because of the lawsuits leading up to that certification, so he didn’t just forget.
Supposedly he knew there were no objections. If he was going along with the certification of the electoral vote there would be no reason for him to not ask the question.
Seems to me as if the logical reason might be that he DIDN’T go along with the certification of the electoral vote. He didn’t make a stink about it to actually stop people from saying that the certification had happened, but he did enough to ensure that the certification did not legally happen. The legal requirements were not met.
Why didn’t Pelosi force him to do what was legally required? Why did she give a standing ovation instead, as if to give cover for Cheney “forgetting” to ask the question as required by law?
I’m wondering if San Fran Nan was caught in a dilemma. I’m wondering if Cheney knew there were objections that would be brought up if he asked the question and told San Fran Nan that if she forced him to ask the question there would be trouble. I’m wondering if Cheney had been threatened into going along with the coup but was not going to give them the satisfaction of being able to claim that the coup was ever done legally, because it wasn’t. Cheney kept it from being done legally. He didn’t ask the question required by law. And San Fran Nan couldn’t make him do it either. Instead she tried to cover up the fact that he didn’t do it.
Nobody in Congress contested the legality of the electoral certification. Could be politics, as you describe. Seems like they were all complicit. For most of them it could just be political expedience and not wanting to stick their necks out. But the behaviors of both Cheney and Pelosi are bizarre. I think there may have been a dance going on there that had been worked out ahead of time. Cheney would do just enough so that the dems could pretend that the coup was lawful, but Cheney would have the hook in their craw because it never actually WAS lawful. For that deal, Soros would hold off on creating a financial panic and Cheney would still be able to look himself in the mirror.
“But though that would explain why nobody in DC called Cheney on it, it doesn’t explain why Cheney himself didn’t ask the question.”
Cheney could have asked a ton of disturbing questions. The Bush administration put the DNC on legal life support.
Fascinating, FRiend! I don’t know all these procedures myself.
“Seems to me as if the logical reason might be that [Cheney] DIDN’T go along with the certification of the electoral vote. He didn’t make a stink about it to actually stop people from saying that the certification had happened, but he did enough to ensure that the certification did not legally happen. The legal requirements were not met.”
A coup could never be legal. Cheney couldn’t have made such a thing legal even if he wanted to nor could he make any more illegal than it already would be.